Jack Ross (writer)

Jack Ross (writer)
Jack Ross (born 6 November 1962 in Auckland), is a New Zealand poet, novelist, translator, editor and lecturer in creative writing. A trilogy of novels has been published by two different publishers, Alan Brunton's Bumper Books (Volume 1) and Titus Books.
Biography
Born on Auckland's North Shore, Ross was raised and educated in the East Coast Bays. After completing degrees in English and Italian at the University of Auckland, Ross was given a Commonwealth Scholarship to study in the UK in and was awarded a PhD in English and Comparative Literature by the University of Edinburgh. He is a Lecturer specialising in Academic and Creative Writing at Massey University's Albany campus.
From 2002 to 2005 Ross was editor of the literary magazine brief. He has also edited other literary magazines The Pander (co-editor 1998–99), Spin (co-editor 1999–2003), Landfall (guest editor: issue 214, 2007), and Poetry NZ (guest editor: issue 38, 2008).
Criticism
Ross is little known outside New Zealand avant-garde literary circles. He was described by Richard Reeve in Landfall as "a leading contributor to the field of experimental writing in New Zealand", Mark Houlahan remarked in New Zealand Books [15 (2) (June 2005): 14–15], that "Nobody else in New Zealand writes quite like Ross, though some of Bill Manhire's fictions in The New Land are precedents." Other reviewers have been less positive: Laurence Jenkins wrote that "Not all the contents are evil, but the spirit of darkness certainly prevails," about Nights with Giordano Bruno [in JAAM 16 (2001): 185]. According to Joe Wylie "Outside of literati farm, this sort of thing has a very limited life expectancy ... Can Ross move beyond this? Does he choose not to?" [Takahe 54 (2005) 63].
Works
City of Strange Brunettes. (Auckland: Pohutukawa Press, 1998) [poems]
(with Gabriel White) A Town like Parataxis. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2000) [poems / photos]
Nights with Giordano Bruno. (Wellington: Bumper Books, 2000) [novel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 1)]
(with Gabriel White) The Perfect Storm. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2000) [poems / video]
The Writing Skills Workshop. prod. Robert van der Vyver (Otago University: Higher Education Development Centre, 2001) [workbook / video]
Chantal's Book. (Wellington: HeadworX, 2002) [poems]
Monkey Miss Her Now. (Auckland: Danger Publishing, 2004) [short stories]
Trouble in Mind. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2005) [novella]
A Bus Called Mr Nice Guy. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2005) [poems / travelogue]
The Imaginary Museum of Atlantis. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2006) [novel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 2)]
To Terezín. Social and Cultural Studies, 8. ISSN 1175-7132 (Auckland: Massey University, 2007) [poems / travelogue]
Papyri: Love Poems & Fragments from Sappho. (Auckland: Soapbox Press, 2007)
EMO. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2008) [novel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 3)]
The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. . (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009) [poems]
Kingdom of Alt. . (Auckland: Titus Books, 2010) [short stories / novella]
Jack Ross has also edited and co-edited a number of publications.
References
University of Massey Staff Page "Jack Ross" '
Landfall Web Page "Forthcoming Issue" '
Reading The Maps "More On Shore" '
New Zealand Books 15 (2) (June 2005): 14–15" '
New Zealand Book Council "Jack Ross" '
External links
Author's Homepage
HeadworX Publishers website
Massey University website
NZ Bookcouncil website
Titus Books website
1962 births
Living people
New Zealand male novelists
New Zealand poets
New Zealand male poets
New Zealand male short story writers
Academic staff of Massey University
University of Auckland alumni
20th-century New Zealand novelists
21st-century New Zealand novelists
20th-century New Zealand short story writers
21st-century New Zealand short story writers
20th-century New Zealand male writers
21st-century New Zealand male writers